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what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 29, 2006 06:22
I think it' s interesting to know what kind of life you have, what do you do , where do you work and what is your plan for this one life you have? (unless ofcourse, you use Action Replay for GOD MODE)

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 29, 2006 07:27
Well I' m on Cloud 9 right now, today was my last day in my abusive degrading slave labour job. In the two longest years of my life I managed to save enough money to finish my college studies and even buy a decent computer. Now that I have my sanity back (most of it) I' ll be able to do what I was meant to do with ease. After which I intend on pursuing a career in the government (probably in statistics). For the next two years (if all goes well) I' m going to be disciplined like a fucking monk and complete every assignment with excellence.

I feel like I was let out of prison after serving a 20 year sentence. Actually I will sooner go to prison then sell my life away at minimum wage again.

As for my lifestyle, I intend on living alone for my entire life with women coming and going but never any long term relationships. I' ll never stop playing videogames which will consume almost my entire entertainment budget and free time throughout my life. I' ll be smart with my money and make enough through little buisness schemes to retire early, because working for a living is bullshit and the sooner I can stop and maintain my budget the better.


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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 29, 2006 09:04
I plan to keep dancing at the club until I find a rich guy who can take care of me and my baby.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 29, 2006 11:47
I now have to rethink everything I guess about you nekkid... anyhow.

I was a a window installer during my highschool days and I' m now a daycare provider. Odd start for someone who just turned 20, but owell it' s money. Still tho I' m on the search for a real & basic job right now in which will provide me the money to maintain a small apt or somthing similar.

I' ll keep that going for some time before I finally balls up and actually become serious about my education. My plan in this area is to gain as much knowledge about game development as I can. Wherein then I plan to work small parts here and there at various studios until I have the know how to make middleware products (one in particular that sell remain secret til someone else does it or til I do it myself!).

If I manage to license out a good middleware product I' ll focus solely on keeping it updated and fresh raking in the money from various companies looking to use it. Once I hit a good amount and establish myself (or crew) I shall start up a small independent company. Using my connection from the middleware licenses and the money earned from it I shall make my games in which I truly hope sell.

Years later I would then (hopefully) become a big player in the development circle in which then I shall take a seat and give my time to producing various projects. When all is said and done I shall retire. However, not before developing an epic game, with my most recent;y updated middleware products not yet available to other companies. With said game I shall license out everything used to make it to other companies. And then live a life of comfort either travelling or doing some sort of thing that people do when they are done working.

Of course thats the dream. It may not pan out at all if so then I' ll go back to simplicity and keep a basic steady job just to maintain my gaming & entertainment addiction in a small apt. A simple pattern that will last either til I die or can retire in a lesser way then the dream way.

Both sound just as fine to me. Abliet one a bit more realistic. Nonetheless just fine either way.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 29, 2006 13:45
I am finishing up my masters degree currently (in cell biology) I am hoping to get a position as a research tech in the very near future. Long term plans... i want to go back and get my MBA and enter the business and marketing sector of science.

On the side I am also an actress (not a card carrying member though) and so I am involved in 2-3 theatrical productions a year. It is fun and brings in a bit of extra cash. Who doesn' t want more money?

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 31, 2006 06:55
now that' s interesting :)

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 31, 2006 07:05
1 year left until I finish my computer science degree. I' ll probably just get a normal programming job right away to build up some money. I plan on doing some game projects on the side and possibly getting into some professional gaming. If I can find a good game creation job I might jump right into that after college. I' ll have to get married sometime and have a few kids too.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 31, 2006 07:06
and what about you gangsta?
"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Jul 31, 2006 08:37

I plan to keep dancing at the club until I find a rich guy who can take care of me and my baby.


Hey Baby!
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 01, 2006 07:58

and what about you gangsta?


Shit...didn' t see that one coming...

I' m asking cause to be honest, I don' t really have a plan.
No special goal to my life and so on.I think it sux to be waiting for some " magical purpose" of all this ...life :)

As of 20th of july I' ve finished Medical Academy so you can call me Doctor Gangsta :)

I think I' ll be doing this for living and ...I hope I' ll enjoy it actually.

I' ve picked it for 3 reasons
1.It' s international - you can work anywhere you want
2.There are many professions here (even more than in MMORPG games) so there' s a lot to choose.
3.As always, I had no idea what I wanted to do after highschool, so I gave into my parents persuasion skills.

I' d love to make games,movies or some creative stuff though.

I live in Poland for now and breaking into game or movie industry is almost impossible (there' s always this 1% chance right?).

My idea for spending my time here is to enjoy my job at least a bit, train all the time (hopefully boxing, but anything else if I can' t would do) , watch majority of released movies (anime included) and play lot' s of games and read a cool book from time to time (the Emperor series is just amazing)

If I won' t like this whole medical thing , I' m getting the fuck out of this to africa, to become a mercenary :)

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 01, 2006 08:12
I haven' t a clue about mines .......I have no definate plans (never had) I just sort of go at my own pace and survive on my own somehow above average (too complicated to explain)....so far it' s been fine and the way I look at it everything else can only be an added extra. I do kinda envy some of my peers (sometimes) who have all gone to uni and stuff and but then again I talk to some of them and they still haven' t a clue about what they want either so makes me feel kinda better plus I don' t have the debts they do lol.


By the way have you always live in poland gangsta?.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 01, 2006 08:33

I live in Poland for now


Well GaNgStA, Half the population of Poland is currently liveing In Ireland right now. If you know some of them, I' ll be sure to tell let them know.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 02, 2006 00:10
SilentBomber - the other half lives either in London or Scotland :)

UK has truly been invaded when they opened their gates.


By the way have you always live in poland gangsta?.


I was born in Tripolis -Libya (Africa) and I spend there first year or two and then I was in Rome for a couple of months , until finally my parents were able to return to PL with me (we were in a state of war at that time).

I' ve been living here ever since.

Saying that " I live in PL for now" , I meant I won' t stay here more than necessary.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 02, 2006 01:41
Ok just out of interest how did english become one of your languages cos it' s pretty good for your second or did you learn that first.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 02, 2006 08:57
it' s my second - my parents made me learn it when I was small (I hated it, but now I kinda appreciate it) and games, movies kept it fresh (I hate subtitles and voiceovers).

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 02, 2006 10:55
well...my plan is to fully dedicate the next year to finishing some projects i have in progress (multimedia since that´s my university course) and start a career.

If possible work in game development.

I know that in order to have a chance of starting in the demanding multimedia industry i have to lose my focus in many other areas...but " no pain, no game"


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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 03, 2006 18:45
Sounds like a plan indeed hideo. I' m not really good at planning I just kinda have rough sketches and work around it.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 03, 2006 21:09
I' m gonna spend the last of my degree becoming a karaoke master and an alcoholic. I' m not going to do my assignments and i' m going to fail miserably and then i' m going to go and live in India and become a priest.

Either that or i' ll move to Canada once i' ve got my degree and see if Ubisoft Montreal want me. It' s either them or EA...[:' (] I haven' t actually evaluated what the job opportunities in Canada for people with British games development degree' s. I' ll probably end up working in the rockies as a freelance photographer and play semi-professional ice hockey.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 03, 2006 21:24
Can' t someone here get rich, start a videogame company and hire everyone here at the Kikizo forum? That way everyone will be happy .
I promise you, if I somehow get really rich I' ll start a company and hire anyone here who wants to work for me. Don' t expect fat pay checks though...
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 03, 2006 22:39
I' d hire everybody, expect you ginjirou.

I' ll even get Kickass back somehow and lock him up in a room while we throw various pointy things at him. from above. all day.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 00:34

I' ll even get Kickass back somehow and lock him up in a room while we throw various pointy things at him. from above. all day.


ohh i actually forgot Kickass, he was my favorite person on this forum!

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 03:47

Yea form a kikizo corp.....

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 07:53

Either that or i' ll move to Canada once i' ve got my degree and see if Ubisoft Montreal want me. It' s either them or EA


Can you speak french majik? I read somewhere that Ubisoft requires their employees to speak both french and english. If you can then it´s a great chance for you.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 08:39
I currently have a year left in college. I' m working on my first game in my prototyping class with a group of students. Hopefully by the time I graduate I' ll have increased my skills quite a bit more. I really gotta start hitting ZBrush. Once I graduate I' m expecting to move to Cali. Not sure who I' m going to work for yet.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 10:07

ORIGINAL: Hidemoto


Either that or i' ll move to Canada once i' ve got my degree and see if Ubisoft Montreal want me. It' s either them or EA


Can you speak french majik? I read somewhere that Ubisoft requires their employees to speak both french and english. If you can then it´s a great chance for you.


I can get by. I worked in Fance for over a year and i' ve worked in Canada already too. I wouldn' t be overly keen working or living in Montreal or Quebec to be honest, i just like Ubisoft Montreals games.

Like i could even get into a studio like that! Ha!

I dunno what i' ll end up doing. It' s a specialized degree so it' ll only really lend itself to the games industry. I wouldn' t mind working on a ranch actually!

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 12:10
I can see myself as a tester, putting in 16 hour days playing videogmes, not a bad life... I have decent writing skills in both English and French, seeing as I live in Quebec its kind of important, although I wouldn' t work here. Or maybe I could become a freelance writer and write the stories and scripts for videogames, hell I could even translate the english to french...
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 13:21
I plan on making videogames....

...

Period!

Ok, I' ll lay it out..

I plan on learning as much as I can on a 3-D program, then taking a 3-D
animation course (once the ground work is done, the course should be a breeze.)

Once I have learnt enough, I have a nice dedicated group of friends ready to
help me make my videogame (First one out of 10 projects, the last one being an
MMORPG, that way I can retire for a bit and still roll in the cash). Of course
the only thing we will be doing is as much of the groundwork as possible, that' s
the basics that companies hate doing (the artistic side, because programmers
are stupid).

Then as a giant portfolio, me and my age long friend will start putting stuff up
on our website. When we contact companies, we will tell them where to go.

My first project is one that I am willing to sell, to make more money for my
larger project which I have been working on since I was 13!!

Of course, an idea cannot be good, if you don' t know what to put in it..... That' s
where Kikizo comes into it..

You guys are going to be the neutral key to my success (not that I' m gonna
screw you guys over!) But, I am definitely going to use you guys for feedback on
some ideas (Once my stupid " I have my law degree" brother can finalise the
copywright).

And if it all goes well (fingers crossed), you guys will at least have a nice
documentatiz on how my project came about, even if it does crash and burn, at
least you guys were along for the ride!

If all goes well, Kikizo can have all exclusive coverage!

I' m up at this time as I cannot sleep.

That was my plan... Now, as for what I do at the moment.

I work in Carphone Warehouse, taking care of people' s contracts, I live
at home with my parents, I draw, create, and most of all: play videogames.

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 18:47
I bet you end up homeless.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 20:12
Happy to see that you have a good plan and most important of all you know people that can help you with your projects.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 04, 2006 22:40


ORIGINAL: Majikdra6on

I bet you end up homeless.


Er......ouch?

My brother tells me that all the time, but I' d like to think I have some good ideas
most of my team consist of people experienced in Javascript and C++ so
I figured if I am at least short for members; they won' t be programmers.

That being said, the thing that drives me to do this is not videogames alone.
Neither is it a blind ambition, it was once a typical aspiration along the same
lines of " I wanna fly an aeroplane" ...

I can also safelly say that it' s highly impossible for me to ever become homeless,
where I live won' t allow me to become homeless, where if I did, it would purely
be by choice.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 05, 2006 07:54

My brother tells me that all the time


Your brother is right, you will end up homeless, dont aim so high, becuase if you aim low you can amaze yourself!. I remember I went to buy a can of beans, i was really excited, really looking forward to it, ....but they had none, and I so dispointed.

I cried in my box all night.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 05, 2006 08:07
I

can also safelly say that it' s highly impossible for me to ever become homeless,
where I live won' t allow me to become homeless, where if I did, it would purely
be by choice.





Your brother is right, you will end up homeless, dont aim so high, becuase if you aim low you can amaze yourself!.


Here I was thinking that my aiming was modest...
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 07, 2006 07:02

I can see myself as a tester, putting in 16 hour days playing videogmes, not a bad life...


What if they make you play some fuckin harry potter game fr a week 8 h a day ?

:)

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 07, 2006 08:28

Your brother is right, you will end up homeless, dont aim so high, becuase if you aim low you can amaze yourself!. I remember I went to buy a can of beans, i was really excited, really looking forward to it, ....but they had none, and I so dispointed.

I cried in my box all night.



LMAO

What kind of beans was it? Cuz i got a red beans can here for only 5$

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Aug 07, 2006 10:22
wow that is an expensive can of beans.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Oct 04, 2006 20:39
I am in the oil-buisness..

well, kind-of..

Here is a old picture of my workplace:

It' s abit old, but somehow we' ve managed to allmost double the amounts of tanks.

There is boats coming in all the time, they bring ' fish waste disposals' , they pump it into those huge tanks (if people fall into the tanks, I call the ambulance helicopter because there isn' t much breathable air in them, but luckily it has only happened once on my shift (very proud)).

From the huge tanks, we pump those fish waste disposals into a factory, and we heat it up into 100 degree celsius (if people get that hot stuff on themselves, I usually call ambulance helicopter, so I don' t have to hear on all the loud screaming all night long, but luckily it has only happened once on my shift (very proud), they usually look like a mummy the first 2 weeks after that, and like Freddie from Elm' s Streeet the next month after that again)..

After we have heated the fish waste disposals, we pump it into a magic machine wich process it into OIL.. well, fish oil, if you wanna be specific, but it can be used in cars, the wheels on the car get more durability if we add it into the rubber, and we also claim that dogs get really shiny hair from it too and sell it extremely expansive to people who bring their dogs at miss voff-voff-contests, hehe.
It probably is beeing used in alot of other things aswell, but I don' t know anything about that since I only make it.. :)

The magic machine also produces some other watery-looking stuff of the fish waste disposals, wich we put into a different smaller tank, before we put it into a different magic machine, and heats it up again, and removes the water from it, and SIMSALABIM, out comes some ugly brown goo.
It tastes like shit (I got some in my mouth once, not shit, but the ugly brown goo, but I bet shit would have been better)..
Anyway, we sell that brown goo to farmers wich use it in their animal-food, so their animals will get more proteins from less food, that way they get bigger animals on less food.

We need to clean those magic machines a couple of times each week, we use various acids for that, it hurts when you get it on you, and if it' s large amounts I will have to call the ambulance, wich I' ve only had to do once on my shift (very proud).

My job is also to go rounds every hour, and make sure that there aren' t any fires starting, when that happens we usually put them out ourselves, and that there aren' t any spill or leaks in the tanks, just the other day i fixed a leak, on a tank with 400 tonnes oil on, sawed off the end off a broomshaft and plugged it.

So that' s me, a magican in oil buisness.

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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Oct 04, 2006 21:20
Wow, do you really work as a... eh uh... that. That' s a pretty unusuall job isn' t it? Well, it' s nice to hear that you' re very proud of what you accomplish there

(very proud)).


(very proud),


(very proud)


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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Oct 04, 2006 21:26
" What if they make you play some fuckin harry potter game fr a week 8 h a day ? "

Well even that would be much better then my last job. I' d rather die then go back to my old job or even prison is better. Even while playing the worst game, time goes by very quickly and I' m so used to playing that I can just space out. It wouldn' t even feels like work..

Maybe after College I' ll apply to a few Canadian developers for a position as a tester. Its worth a shot.
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Oct 05, 2006 00:42
So was it the same guy that got shit, oil, and acid on himself?
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RE: what do you do? What' s your plan? - Oct 05, 2006 08:24

Maybe after College I' ll apply to a few Canadian developers for a position as a tester. Its worth a shot.


...have you seen what the typical games tester looks like?.... ......do you know how much a game tester earns per annum?.....


...i really think you need to raise the bar a LOT higher man....
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